Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-03-12
COMING THIS WAY.
Facts which SeGtle the Case
of the Duluth & Denver.
1t is to Build TO Yankton and With
out Any Unnecessary Delay,

Movements of Other RailI Dads
Towards the Common Center
of the West.
The railroad information of to-day
comes mainly from outside sources
which is sufacient evidence that IL Wan
not cooked up at home for the purpose
OF builing the real estate market. The
charsoter Ct tho evidence relative to the
Duluth &, Denver line of the Manitoba,
better known in this nelghborhood as
the Willmar & Sioux Falls, renders it
practically certain that the line will be
built to Yankton in time to take out
this seasons crop. In support of this
assertion We offer FIRST the following from
the Pipestone Republican of the 1lth
inst:
THROUGH TO YANKToN.
Now that the surveying party OF the
| Wlllmar & Sioux Fails railroad, in
charge of Mr.. Haskell, have completed
eAA0kA AAooAo hCtOH oho huvO kOue Ou
toward Sioux Falls, it may not be out OF
place to state q few facts in regard to
that proposed line. 1t comes to us from
the most reliable source that 1t is the
intention of the company, or those who
are behind it, to grading and
tieing the route Just as soon as the con
ditlon of the ground will admit. and that
ironing will be pushed forward rs rapidly
as possible. No delays will be made in
this regard. And it is quite probable
that the work of grading will be carried
out at once along the entire route from
Willmar to Sioux Fslls.
It is violating no secret for us to say
O that it is the intention OF the COM
pany to have their line not only Into
Sioux Falls before next January, but
also into YanktOn, 80 as to secure the
hauling of this coming seasons crop over
the line to Duluth. To do this will re-
quire some rapid work, but 1t will be
done.
Another thing: the effort being made
by Dell Rapids TO secure the line ls
utterly futile. The easy grade found all
the way from Willmar on toward Sioux
Falls should dlspel any such notion, to
say nothing of the difficulties TO be en-
countered in route in that direction.
The only hope, (snd is so extremely
small as to not be probably would be in
the towns along the route surveyed re-
fusing to grant aid. That might turn
the line in some other direction, but not
towards Dell Rapids in any event. The
plan 10 fox on air line as near as possible
from Willmar to Sioux Falls and Yank-
ton, and that would certainly not be in
the direction of Dell Rapids.
ADDITIONAL TESTIMONY.
In the Sioux Falls Argus of the 10th
inst. we find the following conclusive
testimony relative to the Duluth:
Hon. r. F. Pettigrew returned last
night from an extended trip in the east.
In an interview, among other interesting
things he said:
swell, the Duluth road is coming.
You can put it down. There is no longer
any doubt about it. 1t is in short q sure
thing.
"While in st. Paul yesterday, I called
on President Hill and asked him point
blank if he intended to build into Sioux
Falls this year, He said that they had
decided to do 80. [ then asked him If it
would do to invest money on the
strength of it and he told me to 60 ahead
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because there was no longer any doubt
that the road would be built. 1t is the
determination OF the management TO
push the road as rapidly as possible and
have trains running by the close OF this
next summer"
Mr.. Pettigrew then said: 1T asked
him il he had heard OF the scheme of
these other roads to build q line through
to Yankton to parallel theirs and what
effect that would have on their plans.
Mr.. Hill said: Let them 60 ahead and
build il they want to. We will put in
our line any way and give them q
double track if they want it. We intend
to build into this country and nothing
will prevent us from carrying out our
plans"
"I also had q talk with General Bish-
op and got him to 60 and see Hill for I
knew he oorld get at the bottom facts.
Tha evidence he gave me was most salts
factory indeed. I no longer have the
least doubt of the road coming here, In
short it is O settled fact. The value oil
this road to Sioux Falls needs no further
discussion from me-" =
THE LEADER coNF1RMs.
The editor Of the Sioux Falls Leader
writes the following from Bismarck re-
lative to the Duluth line ofthe Manitoba;
The Manitoba officers in Bismarck say
their line Of road will enter Sioux Falls
early next season. There seems to be nc
doubt on this head. It ID spoken OF &C
confidently, that doubt need no Longer
be entertained. Ual Wine, their right
of-wsy agent, told the writer theil
line would be in Sioux Falls early ir
the season. This new system seems tc
have leaped like q rocket into the rail
road arena. 1t is already the potentia
factor Of the Red River Valley and vii
be in Yankron before next fall with ont
arm, while with the other, already 20(
miles west of Devils Lake, 1t will reacl
Great Falls, Montana, by January next
giving in less than two years time, nortl
Dakota two lines to the Pacif, Ocean
The Duluth road is q certainty ant
Sioux Falls wants to act accordingly
The Manitoba will undoubtedly build
to Sioux Falls this season and probsbI,
ON to Yankton and Nebraska to Join th,
Union Pacific. The scheme seems to b
very plain Now. Thu Union Pacific mus
have an outlet to tie eest. As it is no,
all the profits OF the road are cut off q
Omaha. By the means Of this line
large share Of the Union Pacific bushes
Will be transferred to Duluth and cas-